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poststarburst

poststarburst adjective: following a starburst.

Adjective

poststarburst (not comparable)

  1. Following a starburst
    • These observations, combined with recent work on poststarburst galaxies with molecular reservoirs, indicates that galaxies do not need to expel their molecular reservoirs prior to quenching star formation and transitioning from blue spirals to red early-type galaxies.2015, K. Alatalo, P.N. Appleton, U. Lisenfeld, T. Bitsakis, L. Lanz, M. Lacy, V. Charmandaris, M. Cluver, M.A. Dopita, P. Guillard, T. Jarrett, L.J. Kewley, K. Nyland, P.M. Ogle, J. Rasmussen, J.A....

Origin of poststarburst

From post- + starburst.

Questions about poststarburst

What does poststarburst mean?
Poststarburst means following a starburst.
What part of speech is poststarburst?
Poststarburst is an adjective.

Words near poststarburst in the dictionary

  1. postsplenic
  2. postsquamosal
  3. poststack
  4. poststained
  5. poststall
  6. poststarburst
  7. poststate
  8. poststates
  9. poststenosis
  10. poststenotic
  11. poststent

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